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HIGHLIGHTS

Clashes continue in Jonglei, Lakes, and

Unity states, with displacement increasing

in Unity’s Leer and Koch counties.

Limited humanitarian assistance has

reached more than 299,000 people since

hostilities began on December 15.

Insecurity, looting, and widely dispersed

populations present challenges to aid

delivery.

28%

27% 12%

11%

10%

4% 4%

2% 1% 1%

U S A I D / O F D A 1 F U N D I N G BY SECTOR FY 2013 & FY 2014

Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (28%)

Logistics & Relief Supplies (27%)

Health (12%)

Agriculture & Food Security (11%)

Economic Recovery & Market Systems (10%)

Humanitarian Coordination & Information Management (4%)

Shelter (4%)

Nutrition (2%)

Protection (1%)

Risk Management Policy & Practice (1%)

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Population displacement continues to increase as insecurity persists across South Sudan,

with violence displacing more than 863,000 people—both internally and as refugees to

neighboring countries—since December 15, according to the U.N. The majority of

internally displaced persons (IDPs) are located in rural areas outside of UNMISS bases,

with approximately 80,100 IDPs sheltering at UNMISS sites across the country.

Security conditions remain unpredictable in many conflict-affected areas throughout South

Sudan. Hostilities and population displacement have significantly increased in central and

southern areas of Unity in recent days, with violence displacing approximately 188,100

people statewide—representing a 59 percent increase in displacement since January 23.

Ongoing fighting has prompted humanitarian staff to evacuate from affected areas of Leer

and Koch, preventing life-saving assistance from reaching communities in need.

According to Médecins Sans Frontières, medical personnel and patients fled the hospital in

Leer on January 31. The closure of the medical facility—the only functioning hospital in

southern Unity—will likely limit access to health care for more than 270,000 people.

Despite the challenging operating environment facing humanitarian actors in conflict-

affected areas, relatively stable conditions have enabled relief agencies to resume aid

activities in Awerial County, Lakes, and expand operations in Bentiu town, Unity.

1 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA)

2 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM)

HUMANITARIAN FUNDING TO SOUTH SUDAN IN FY 2013 AND TO DATE IN FY 2014

USAID/OFDA $86,383,207

USAID/FFP2 $141,884,300

State/PRM3 $94,735,400

$323,002,907 TOTAL USAID AND STATE

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

TO SOUTH SUDAN

NUMBERS AT

A GLANCE

739,700 Total Number of

Individuals Displaced in

South Sudan since

December 15

U.N. Office for the Coordination of

Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) –

January 30, 2014

80,100 Total Number of

Individuals Seeking Refuge

at U.N. Mission in the

Republic of South Sudan

(UNMISS) Compounds

OCHA – January 30, 2014

659,600 Total Number of

Individuals Displaced in

Other Areas of South

Sudan

OCHA – January 30, 2014

123,400* Refugees from South Sudan

in Neighboring Countries

since December 15

*Including an unconfirmed

number of refugees and nomads

who have arrived in Sudan

OCHA – January 30, 2014

230,200 Refugees from Neighboring

Countries in South Sudan

Office of the U.N. High

Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR) – January 26, 2014

SOUTH SUDAN – CRISIS FACT SHEET #23, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2014 JANUARY 31, 2014

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SITUATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS UPDATE

As of January 30, violence had internally displaced approximately 739,700 people in South Sudan, including 80,100

people currently seeking shelter at UNMISS bases, according to the U.N. Internally displaced populations have sought

shelter in more than 100 locations countrywide, with nearly 20 sites hosting more than 10,000 people each.

Countrywide, the highest concentration of displaced populations are located in Unity, with approximately 188,100

IDPs, and Upper Nile State, with an estimated 157,300 people.

Relief agencies remain gravely concerned by rapidly increasing population displacement and risks associated with

overcrowding at IDP sites, such as deteriorating public health and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions

and resultant disease outbreaks. In addition, conflict-induced displacement is generating increased protection concerns,

including targeting of civilians, physical and sexual violence, targeted destruction of property, separation of families, and

psychosocial trauma, according to the U.N.

While the security situation in the capital towns of Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile states remains relatively calm despite

heightened tensions, clashes continue in central Unity and in rural areas near Jonglei’s Bor town and in Twic East

County. Due to ongoing insecurity in central and southern Unity, humanitarian activities remain confined to Bentiu,

while security conditions have improved in Upper Nile’s Malakal town. Despite limited security improvements in some

areas of South Sudan, displaced populations remain unable to safely return to areas of origin.

Humanitarian access and looting continue to impede aid operations, with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP)

reporting that armed actors and criminal elements have looted approximately 4,300 metric tons (MT) of food

supplies—sufficient to support more than 257,000 people for one month—from WFP warehouses as of January 28.

Humanitarian organizations are collaborating with U.N. security personnel to improve security in UNMISS bases

hosting IDPs. Violence and criminality within civilian protection areas in UNMISS compounds are reportedly

increasing and impacting the ability of relief organizations to operate safely within civilian areas.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

Although humanitarian organizations have reached approximately 299,300 people with humanitarian assistance since

hostilities erupted on December 15, relief agencies have not fully met needs among assisted populations due to a lack of

sustained, predictable access, according to the U.N.

With improved access to information related to humanitarian needs, relief organizations have used data on insecurity,

displacement, food insecurity, and historical likelihood of flooding to identify and map populations that currently face

acute needs and may become more vulnerable in the coming months. According to initial reports, Central Equatoria

State’s Juba County, Jonglei’s Bor South County, and Unity’s Pariang and Rubkona counties represent the most

vulnerable areas in South Sudan. Relief agencies will use mapping exercises to help prioritize areas for assessment and

response.

Despite insecurity and access constraints, relief organizations have reached approximately 196,000 conflict-affected

individuals with food assistance since December 22, including 63,900 people in Lakes; 32,600 people in Central

Equatoria; 32,200 people in Upper Nile; 27,300 people in Jonglei; 23,200 in Unity; 8,800 people in Eastern Equatoria;

and 6,700 people in Warrap; as well as additional populations in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Western Equatoria states.

Relief agencies are responding to acute health and nutrition needs by providing emergency medical assistance for

wounded individuals, primary health care services, and large-scale vaccination campaigns. As of January 30, relief

organizations had treated more than 4,800 people with gunshot wounds countrywide and provided medical

consultations for nearly 4,900 individuals in the Awerial, Bentiu, Juba, and Malakal displacement sites, treating cases of

respiratory tract infections, malaria, and diarrhea. To date, more than 54,900 children have benefitted from integrated

vaccination campaigns—including polio and measles vaccinations, vitamin-A supplements, and deworming services—in

IDP sites in Awerial, Bentiu, Bor, and Juba.

To support malnutrition detection and treatment efforts, health care workers have screened approximately 24,700

people for malnutrition and admitted acutely malnourished individuals, including children and pregnant and lactating

women, for inpatient treatment. In coordination with U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners, WFP

is planning blanket supplementary feeding programs for IDPs in rural areas to address nutrition concerns.

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To help improve living conditions in crowded areas and ensure access to safe drinking water, relief agencies have

reached nearly 208,000 people with WASH assistance since December 15.

USAID/OFDA partner the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) continues to operate regular flights and address

ad-hoc requests from the humanitarian community to provide airlift services to new locations as needs arise, improving

crucial access to displaced and conflict-affected populations. To meet additional airlift requirements, the Logistics

Cluster—the coordinating body for humanitarian logistics activities, comprising U.N. agencies, NGOs, and other

stakeholders—has arranged additional charter flights to Jonglei, Lakes, Unity, and Upper Nile.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched an airlift operation to move urgently needed relief

commodities to conflict-affected populations across South Sudan. Flights are originating from IOM’s logistics hub in

Juba, carrying medicine, shelter materials, WASH supplies, and relief items—including blankets, buckets, kitchen sets,

mosquito nets, and soap. Several flights have already delivered emergency relief supplies to the UNMISS base in

Malakal, which is currently sheltering nearly 28,000 IDPs. The airlift operation will continue through the following

weeks, delivering additional supplies to the UNMISS bases in Bentiu and Bor.

Central Equatoria

Overcrowding remains a significant humanitarian concern at the UNMISS Tong Ping and U.N. House 3 bases in Juba,

where approximately 27,500 people and 15,700 people, respectively, have sought protection. Lack of space to

accommodate displaced people is resulting in critical gaps in ensuring access to basic services, such as health care,

shelter, and WASH services. In response, the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster continues to

establish community structures within these IDP sites and expand civilian protection areas in U.N. House 3 to address

overcrowding. To date, expansion activities have allocated space for approximately 1,000 additional people.

WFP finalized second-round food distributions in U.N. House 3 and is planning for additional distributions in Tong

Ping in the coming days.

In Juba, nearly 3,600 children have benefited from nutrition interventions, and relief agencies have established a

stabilization center at Tong Ping to assist vulnerable and acutely malnourished individuals.

In response to protection needs, relief agencies have provided psychosocial support to approximately 300 children at

U.N. House 3, while nearly 400 additional children are undergoing family tracing and reunification support in Tong

Ping and U.N. House 3. To support countrywide protection activities, UNHCR has deployed a senior Protection

Cluster coordinator to Juba to strengthen the capacity to manage response activities for IDPs.

Eastern Equatoria

Relief agencies are distributing two-week food rations and relief commodities and providing WASH services to

approximately 35,000 IDPs sheltering in Nimule town, Eastern Equatoria. Humanitarian organizations are conducting

water trucking and improving water treatment systems to improve access to safe drinking water, as well as constructing

additional latrines to support sanitation needs.

Jonglei

Despite the looting of food supplies near Bor during recent fighting, WFP is planning to distribute food rations during

the week of February 3. With food stocks inside the Bor UNMISS base limited, WFP is working to transport food

from Juba to Bor to assist IDPs in the area.

The U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is delivering measles and polio vaccination materials and training local

vaccination teams to immunize approximately 4,000 children at the UNMISS base in Bor. The International Medical

Corps is establishing facilities for routine immunization activities, treatment of acute malnutrition, and integrated

maternal and child health services in the IDP site.

Stable security conditions in Jonglei’s Pibor County have enabled populations—previously displaced by violence prior

to December 15—to return to areas of origin, including Likuangole and Pibor towns. Relief agencies plan to respond

to needs, including through livelihoods support, among returning and vulnerable populations in the coming days.

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In Jonglei’s Akobo County, USAID/OFDA partner the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

(ACTED) is resuming WASH services through the distribution of WASH supplies and support for community-led total

sanitation activities. With more than $2.9 million in ongoing FY 2013 funding, USAID/OFDA is supporting

ACTED’s agriculture and food security, economic recovery and market systems (ERMS), and WASH interventions in

Jonglei, Upper Nile, and Warrap states.

Lakes

Following the suspension of humanitarian activities in Awerial on January 22 due to insecurity, some relief

organizations have resumed essential aid operations for the estimated 84,000 IDPs sheltering in and near Awerial’s

Mingkaman town. As displaced populations continue to arrive in the area, relief agencies report that vulnerable

populations require improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, and health care services. Additional aid

organizations are monitoring security conditions in Awerial and plan to resume operations as the situation stabilizes.

During the week of January 27, a rapid needs assessment identified needs related to physical security, access to

education, food, and shelter at the UNMISS base in Rumbek town, the capital of Lakes. Relief agencies and

Government of the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) ministries are planning response activities.

UNHCR distributed relief commodities to approximately 400 IDPs in Yirol West County, Lakes, during the week of

January 27.

Upper Nile

Access in and near Malakal town has improved in recent days, enabling humanitarian aid workers to move more freely

in the town and mobilize assistance for nearly 28,000 people currently sheltering at the local UNMISS base. The

Logistics Cluster is supporting air operations to deliver approximately 15 MT of food supplies to the Malakal UNMISS

base for upcoming distributions. Interagency teams are planning to conduct assessments and register IDPs for

assistance in the coming days.

IOM continues to deliver safe drinking water, provide water chlorination services, build latrines and bathing shelters,

collect garbage, and promote improved hygiene practices to support WASH interventions at the Malakal UNMISS base.

Interagency teams conducted a rapid needs assessment in Melut County, where approximately 35,000 IDPs are located,

and large populations from the Adar, Melut, and Palouch areas have reportedly fled to the Melut UNMISS compound

in recent days. To address humanitarian needs at the Melut UNMISS base, relief agencies are improving living

conditions by increasing access to safe drinking water and primary health care services, as well as distributing food

rations to approximately 13,500 people as of January 29, with distributions ongoing.

Western Bahr el Ghazal

Relief agencies are responding to an influx of more than 1,100 IDPs from Bentiu town to Western Bahr el Ghazal’s

capital of Wau town. IOM has registered populations for assistance, while interagency teams are working with local

authorities to plan response activities.

OTHER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Since launching the South Sudan Crisis Response Plan on December 31, relief organizations have secured

approximately $111 million of the $209 million in requested funding to meet immediate needs in South Sudan from

January to March. The U.N. is extending the crisis response plan through June and will revise funding requirements to

reflect the significant increase in population displacement, as well as the expected deterioration of the situation during

the April-to-August rainy season. Major funding needs will likely include securing emergency relief supplies for the

core pipeline due to extensive looting.

The Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster estimates that up to 7 million people are at risk of food insecurity across

South Sudan. Under the forthcoming revised Crisis Response Plan, relief agencies seek to mitigate food insecurity by

increasing access to food for conflict-affected populations and assisting vulnerable communities to recover from the

current crisis through livelihoods opportunities. To meet these goals, the cluster will promote programs that combine

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emergency livelihoods kit distributions alongside food and multi-sector emergency humanitarian assistance activities,

while also seeking to maximize local crop production and procurement.

*Funding figures are as of January 31, 2014. All international figures are according to OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS) and based on international commitments during

the 2013 and 2014 calendar years. USG figures are according to the USG and reflect the most recent USG commitments based on the 2013 fiscal year, which began on

October 1, 2012, and ended September 30, 2013, as well as the 2014 fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2013.

$323,002,907

$183,740,861

$158,288,750

$57,476,260 $44,719,083 $43,977,351

$36,640,618 $32,550,565 $29,115,598 $26,586,879

USG ECHO U.K. Japan Sweden Canada Denmark Norway Germany CERF

2013 AND 2014 TOTAL HUMANITARIAN FUNDING * PER DONOR

CONTEXT

The January 2005 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Sudan (GoS)

and the southern-based Sudan People’s Liberation Movement officially ended more than two decades of north–south

conflict during which famine, fighting, and disease killed an estimated 2 million people and displaced at least 4.5

million others within Sudan.

The RSS declared independence on July 9, 2011, after a January 9, 2011, referendum on self-determination stipulated

in the CPA. Upon independence, USAID designated a new mission in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan.

Insecurity, landmines, and limited transportation and communication infrastructure restrict humanitarian activities

across South Sudan, hindering the delivery of critical assistance to populations in need, particularly in Jonglei, Unity,

and Upper Nile states.

On October 24, 2013, U.S. Ambassador Susan D. Page redeclared a disaster in South Sudan due to the ongoing

complex emergency caused by population displacement, returnee inflows from Sudan, continued armed conflict, and

perennial environmental shocks—including flooding—that compound humanitarian needs.

Jonglei State—the largest state in South Sudan—has an extensive history of inter-communal fighting that predates

South Sudan’s independence. Since January 2011, more than half of conflict-related deaths and displacements in

South Sudan have occurred in Jonglei, according to relief agencies. Clashes among the Sudan People’s Liberation

Army (SPLA) and non-state actors, as well as inter-ethnic conflict, continues to displace and otherwise adversely

affect civilian populations across the state.

On December 15, clashes erupted in the capital city, Juba, between factions within the RSS. Due to the unrest, the

U.S. Embassy in Juba ordered the departure of non-emergency USG personnel from South Sudan. On December 20,

USAID activated a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to lead the USG response

to the developing crisis in South Sudan. USAID also stood up a Washington, D.C.-based Response Management

Team (RMT) to support the DART.

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USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN PROVIDED IN FY 20131

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER ACTIVITY LOCATION AMOUNT

USAID/OFDA2

ACTED Agriculture and Food Security, ERMS, WASH

Jonglei, Upper Nile, Warrap $2,934,069

CRS Agriculture and Food Security, ERMS, WASH

Jonglei, Upper Nile, Abyei Area $3,297,292

FAO Agriculture and Food Security, Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management

Countrywide $500,000

FAO Agriculture and Food Security Countrywide $324,691

Food for the Hungry Agriculture and Food Security, Risk

Management Policy and Practice, WASH Upper Nile $2,049,721

Global Communities Protection, Shelter Abyei Area $1,898,999

GOAL Agriculture and Food Security, ERMS,

Health, Nutrition, WASH Abyei Area, Upper Nile $2,674,154

International Rescue Committee

(IRC) Health, WASH Unity $1,100,000

IOM Logistics and Relief Commodities Countrywide $3,000,000

IOM Rapid Response Fund Countrywide $6,000,000

Medair Health, Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management, WASH

Upper Nile $2,600,000

USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN PROVIDED IN FY 20141

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER ACTIVITY LOCATION AMOUNT

USAID/OFDA2

IOM Logistics Support and Relief Commodities

Central Equatoria, Upper Nile

$1,637,966

Mentor Health Abyei Area, Lakes, Upper Nile, Warrap

$2,979,450

Mercy Corps Agriculture and Food Security, Economic Recovery and Market Systems (ERMS)

Abyei Area, Unity $3,936,987

OCHA Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management

Countrywide $2,500,000

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Nutrition, Protection, WASH Countrywide $1,000,000

UNICEF Nutrition, Protection, WASH Countrywide $4,000,000

U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) Health Countrywide $1,000,000

WFP UNHAS Countrywide $4,200,000

WFP Logistics Support and Relief Commodities

Countrywide $4,800,000

Program Support $502,234

TOTAL USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE $26,556,637

STATE/PRM

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Multi-Sector Assistance, Protection

Countrywide $7,500,000

UNHCR Multi-Sector Assistance, Protection

Countrywide $24,800,000

TOTAL STATE/PRM ASSISTANCE $32,300,000

TOTAL USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN IN FY 2014 $58,856,637

1 Year of funding indicates the date of commitment or obligation, not appropriation, of funds. 2 USAID/OFDA funding represents anticipated or actual obligated amounts as of January 29, 2014. 3 Estimated value of food assistance.

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Mentor Health Countrywide $1,870,250

Mercy Corps Agriculture and Food Security, ERMS Abyei Area, Upper Nile, Warrap $1,091,902

OCHA Humanitarian Coordination and Information Management

Countrywide $2,000,000

Pact WASH Jonglei $1,891,266

Solidarités WASH Upper Nile $2,500,000

Tearfund WASH Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG)

$985,916

U.N. Office for Project Services Logistics and Relief Commodities Countrywide $1,500,000

WHO Health Countrywide $2,000,000

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Agriculture and Food Security, WASH NBeG $958,373

UNICEF Nutrition, Protection, WASH Countrywide $3,000,000

WFP UNHAS Countrywide $4,300,000

WFP Logistics and Relief Commodities Countrywide $1,500,000

WFP Logistics and Relief Commodities Jonglei $5,000,000

World Concern Development

Organization (WCDO) Agriculture and Food Security, ERMS Warrap $896,649

World Vision Agriculture and Food Security, WASH Upper Nile, Warrap $2,002,584

Program Support $1,950,704

TOTAL USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE $59,826,570

USAID/FFP3

UNICEF 220 MT Ready to Use Therapeutic Food Countrywide $1,913,000

WFP 88,864 MT Title II Food Assistance Countrywide $139,971,300

TOTAL USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE $141,884,300

STATE/PRM

ACTED Livelihoods, Information, and Training Unity, Upper Nile $1,200,000

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Conflict Prevention and Reconciliation, Protection

Upper Nile $475,000

ICRC Multi-Sector Assistance, Protection Countrywide $16,500,000

IOM WASH, Transportation Unity, Upper Nile $3,400,000

IRC Health, Protection Unity $560,000

Lutheran World Relief Protection Unity $583,572

Oxfam Health, WASH Upper Nile $1,050,000

PAE WASH Upper Nile $500,000

Relief International Protection, WASH Upper Nile $1,647,021

UMCOR Health, Livelihoods, Protection Central Equatoria $699,807

UNHCR Multi-Sector Assistance, Protection Countrywide $34,200,000

WFP UNHAS Countrywide $820,000

World Vision Health, Livelihoods, Protection Central Equatoria $800,000

TOTAL STATE/PRM ASSISTANCE $62,435,400

TOTAL USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN IN FY 2013 $264,146,270

TOTAL USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN IN FY 2013 AND FY 2014 $323,002,907

1 Year of funding indicates the date of commitment or obligation, not appropriation, of funds. 2 USAID/OFDA funding represents anticipated or actual obligated amounts as of September 30, 2013. 3 Estimated value of food assistance.

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PUBLIC DONATION INFORMATION

The most effective way people can assist relief efforts is by making cash contributions to humanitarian organizations

that are conducting relief operations. A list of humanitarian organizations that are accepting cash donations for

response efforts around the world can be found at www.interaction.org.

USAID encourages cash donations because they allow aid professionals to procure the exact items needed (often in the

affected region); reduce the burden on scarce resources (such as transportation routes, staff time, and warehouse space);

can be transferred very quickly and without transportation costs; support the economy of the disaster-stricken region;

and ensure culturally, dietary, and environmentally appropriate assistance.

More information can be found at:

­ The Center for International Disaster Information: www.cidi.org or +1.202.821.1999.

­ Information on relief activities of the humanitarian community can be found at www.reliefweb.int. USAID/OFDA bulletins appear on the USAID website at http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/working-crises-and-conflict/responding-times-crisis/where-we-work